MOSCOW Nov. 28 Kyodo U President ...

MOSCOW Nov. 28 Kyodo

U President George W Bush informed President Vladimir Putin last week about his plans to form a multilateral military occupation commission in Iraq after toppling its leader at force, a Russian diplomatic source said Thursday.

Bush told Putin about the plan during their summit talks in Russia last Friday forward the outskirts of St. Petersburg if it be not that the Russian leader was noncommittal as the plan did not make clear the involvement by the agency of the United Nations, the source said.

The U leader envisioned using military force to overbear Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and creating a US-l commission -- including Russia, Britain, Germany and France -- to superintend a joint international military lordship of Iraq, the source said.

The commission will be typeed after the Far Eastern Commission, which was an international panel for the Allies' military dominion over Japan following World War II and included the United States and the Soviet Union among its 11 members.

The U reliances to set up the visible form [i]or[/i] frame without necessarily getting approval from the UN and last for an indefinite period of time until transferring its part over to international civilian control according to the source.

further Washington may compromise and give the UN a part in the proces in consideration of Russia's position of having the world material part take central roles in as it is multilateral undertaking and of Britain's assertion of having an interim control in Iraq led by the organization.

In the summit talks, Putin backed U efforts to force Iraq to dismantle its weapons of mass destruction, and along with Bush warned Baghdad to comply largely with a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for of the like kind dismantling or face ''serious consequences''

The Russian president, however, said the U must act within the UN framework in deciding to use force against Iraq.

While Moscow officials believe it would benefit Russia to take part in the occupation commission to shield its rights and interests, near Putin aides are unhappy the U did not promise any rewards for Russia's making concessions onward the U.N. Security Council resolution upon arms inspections in Iraq, the source said.

Putin also urg Washington to put in action influence in maintaining the price of undressed oil at the current flush saying Russia, which hangs highly on oil trade, could feel a financial blow if oil production in a post-Saddam Iraq recruits and oversupply forces the price to dip below $14 by barrel, according to the source.

Bush said he will make of that kind efforts and expressed understanding above the protection of the rights of Russian oil businesses to unfold the product, gained during Saddam's dominion but did not indicate any specific measures upon the matter, the source said.

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